Power Rankings: Kahne leaps; Bowyer, Gordon drop

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Outlook:The rivalry between Johnson and Keselowski grows stronger as each week passes, but for now the five-time Sprint Cup champion holds rank on the reigning champ here -- as well as in the standings.Standings: 1st, 129 points

Outlook: Keselowski is tracking down Johnson in the standings and inches closer in the voting for these rankings each week, receiving two first-place votes to Johnson's three. Last year's winner at Bristol, Keselowski could be sitting atop the standings and the rankings this time next week.Standings: 2nd, 124 points

Outlook: Kenseth appears to be back on track after taking his first victory for Joe Gibbs Racing at Las Vegas on Sunday -- on his birthday, no less. He still has a few guys to leap-frog in the standings, but he could get there.
Standings: 7th, 93 points

Outlook: Junior is always successful at Daytona, but he's maintained his hot start through the first three races of the season on three very different tracks. It could be a sign of things to come, as 2013 is looking like a positive one for the Hendrick Motorsports driver.
Standings: 3rd, 119 points

Outlook: Despite being so far down in the standings, Kahne's rise in the rankings can be pinned on the fact that he truly dominated Sunday's race, leading 114 of 267 laps on the way to a runner-up finish.
Standings: 14th, 77 points

Outlook: Edwards followed up his monumental victory at Phoenix with a top-five finish at Las Vegas, injecting himself into the points conversations convincingly. Looks like he could be here to stay.
Standings: 5th, 98 points

Outlook: It was a tumultuous week for Hamlin, having been the talk of the race at Phoenix for his masterful maneuvering, then being fined for disparaging comments and finally settling for a 15th-place finish at Vegas. It's tough to tell where he'll go from here.
Standings: 4th, 102 points

Outlook: Busch ran one of the most complete races of the season by any driver on Sunday, picking off cars one by one (and sometimes a few at a time) and eventually moving up from his starting position of 13th to lead for 27 laps and finish fourth.
Standings: 17th, 72 points

Outlook: Despite an 11th-place finish at Vegas, defending race-winner Stewart and his team are all struggling at the moment, with Smoke averaging a 20th-place finish after three races.
Standings: 18th, 72 points

Outlook: Truex Jr. had a rough go of it at Daytona but has finished 14th and 11th the past two weeks, which is just about where we expect him to be. Maybe even a little better.Standings: 22nd, 64 points

Outlook: Menard has actually stayed above average so far in 2013. He's currently in a prosperous position in the standings and it isn't totally crazy to think he could stay right there. Then again, it's not totally sane, either.
Standings: 12th, 82 points

Outlook: Stenhouse has shown nothing yet this season that leads us to believe he'll be more than a middle-of-the-pack driver, but for a 22-year-old learning Sprint Cup racing, that isn't the worst thing in the world. Standings: 11th, 87 points

Outlook: It's certainly not the best comparison, but some reason it feels natural to measure Logano next to Stenhouse, and vice versa. Logano may have won the battle with a 12th-place finish Sunday, but Stenhouse is winning the war.Standings: 15th, 76 points

Outlook: Again, Stewart-Haas cars are having a tough time out there. Newman endured technical problems for the second week in a row and has quite the hole to dig out of because of it.Standings: 31st, 50 points

Outlook: He had a nice recovery from a potential spinout, but other than that Ambrose drove a particularly unremarkable race on Sunday. And his finish -- 22nd -- reflects that.Standings: 16th, 74 points

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